{"id":18002,"date":"2018-03-12T17:37:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T17:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=18002"},"modified":"2018-03-12T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T17:37:31","slug":"2019-imo-guber-why-archbishop-obinna-may-be-against-uche-nwosu-as-catholic-insist-he-was-insulted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=18002","title":{"rendered":"2019 Imo Guber: Why Archbishop Obinna May Be Against Uche Nwosu. .As Catholic Insist He Was Insulted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Strong indications that His Grace, Anthony Obinna, the Archbishop of Owerri may not be disposed to having the anointed candidate of the governor of Imo State, Chief Uche Nwsou, emerge number one citizen of Imo State in 2019 have emerged. Apart from being the head of the Catholic Church in Owerri Archdiocese, the predominant religious group in the State, Obinna maintains a cult figure as a well respected opinion molder.<\/p>\n

Nwosu, who is also an in-law to Governor Rochas Okorocha is undoubtedly the endorsed candidate of the governor and his Rescue Missionaries. His endorsement is generating controversy in the State within and outside the APC family in Imo State.<\/p>\n

A tinge of drama had erupted at Mgwoma in Owerri North LGA of the State during a Requiem mass in honour of the late mother of an industrialist, Chief Mbata, where Obinna admonished those present especially politicians.<\/p>\n

Going through the latest edition of the popular Catholic Church newspaper knows as The Leader<\/em>, Trumpeta<\/em> can disclose that the fiery cleric has expressed unreserved apology for saying that Imo State needs a seasoned administrator to governor it and not Uche Nwosu. The Archbishop\u2019s comment that what Imo needs is a democratically elected governor and not a handpicked successor\u201d remains an indirect means of condemning the growing rate of endorsements, being handed to Nwosu in recent times by the APC LGA chapter in the State.<\/p>\n

The Leader Newspaper said \u201cThe Archbishop also has no regrets in saying that Governor Okorocha cannot succeed himself and that pushing for his son-in-law, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, to replace him is an indirect way of doing that, which is unacceptable. That was basically the beginning of what caused the fracas at a funeral mass at St Michael\u2019s Catholic Church, Ngwoma, Saturday 3rd of March. Party supporters loyal to Governor Okorocha and Uche Nwosu, his son-in-law, caused mayhem and pandemonium at that funeral Mass, following the Archbishop\u2019s comment and two responses apparently from an APC and PDP supporter. Then hell was let loose\u201d.<\/p>\n

The latest edition of the Leader went further to state \u201cSpeaking to the congregation which included Uche Nwosu and the Governor\u2019s wife, Nkechi, His Grace condemned the idea of imposing a candidate on the people, and urged the faithful to register and arm themselves with their voter\u2019s card, for next year\u2019s election. \u201cYou cannot impose anyone on the people. Your vote will decide. We have become miserable. Imo is now an empty basket. Rebuilding Imo State and restoring its dignity is a challenge. Get your voter\u2019s card. Let us vote for mature, responsible citizens who will serve the people not dominate them,\u201d the Archbishop said. His Grace also said, \u201cImo needs a seasoned technocrat who will right the wrongs and correct several anomalies and hardship inflicted on the people by the present administration and not the Governor\u2019s stooge who lacks the experience and maturity needed for such exalted office. It is wrong to impose his son-in-law. Imo needs a seasoned administrator, not Uche!\u201d The Archbishop emphasized that the Governor could not replace himself and imposing his son-in-law on the people was wrong. He strongly advised the people to register, get their permanent voter\u2019s cards (PVC) and prepare to use their votes to get their desired candidate\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the Sunday tabloid sold at the various parishes and beyond, \u201cThe Archbishop\u2019s advice follows a decision of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for the church to help end people\u2019s apathy towards voting by encouraging the faithful to register and be prepared to exercise their civic responsibility. While the Archbishop was speaking at the mass, two other men who raised their hands were allowed to speak. One of them, obviously a supporter of Governor Okorocha, defended the Governor saying he was doing well. The second speaker, however, spoke against the Governor, saying that there was much poverty and pain in the land, demanding a change of government in the next election. It was at that point that APC supporters went berserk. The Bishop was not physically assaulted but he was insulted\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Strong indications that His Grace, Anthony Obinna, the Archbishop of Owerri may not be disposed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"Frontpage<\/a>","tag_info":"Frontpage","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18018,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002\/revisions\/18018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}